Jinx took a quick glance around her apartment room. It was simple, and it was small. A far cry from the luxurious home that she had always dreamed of having. Nothing like the mansion she was so convinced that she deserved. But the rent was reasonable, the view was okay, and the landlord very lenient. But there was something missing that she never thought she would have missed.

'Gizmo and Mammoth really grew on me,' she sighed mentally. It was true, no matter how much the two had annoyed her, they were her team. Her friends, really. And when Brother Blood's school had still been up and running, they were the envy of the entire student body. Excluding Bumble Bee and Stone-no, not Stone, Cyborg. That filthy, lying Titan, Cyborg.

Never mind him though, he's not worth thinking about. Even if he was really nice, and strong, and funny too. Even if she had been interested in him, that was all in the past. The painful, deceitful past. Hell, what had that boy done to her.

Jinx slid down to the floor, where she sat in the patch of light her little window provided. It was noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the birds were fluttering around outside of her window. It didn't match her mood in the slightest. Everything was wrong. The school was supposed to be her home, if not forever, then at least until she could find her own home. One where Gizmo and Mammoth could have stayed with her. She didn't really like being alone, not all the time at least.

But the apartment was too small. Gizmo and Mammoth had managed to get one to share between themselves. It wasn't as good as Jinx's though, and their's could never fit her in it with them. Not enough closet space, and only two small bedrooms. That's what she kept telling herself, even when Gizmo had proved that he did have a heart, and asked her if she didn't just want to bunk with them. If she was sure she didn't want to just hang with them until they had enough to get a room, or even a house, where the three of them could fit comfortably.

The truth of the matter was that she had wanted to. She had wanted to stay with those two, even the rest of the student body. She wanted to keep living with them, no matter how annoying they got at times. She could make sacrifices, she never really had the great of a wardrobe anyway. She was surprised she had even managed to nag this little room without having to steal so much money. Small favors were to be praised, she guessed. She's really have to pay a visit to her mom's grave sooner or later.

But she couldn't have bugged them. The two seemed almost happy with their apartment, with no Jinx around to boss them around. But what Jinx wouldn't give to be back at the school. Nobody had ever offered them a giant tower with high-tech equipment and enough rooms to house the entire student body and more. But the school had been close enough to the tower, in a sense, it was their tower. Blood offered the not-quite second best. And truthfully, she had been happiest there. Not on her own. With her dorm room and her roommates, and the odd-smelling food and stealing for money. Even knowing that her skills were being manipulated for someone else's purpose didn't bother her. Not being with the others did.

Shaking her head and pushing herself back up, she started unpacking once again. The truth was, it didn't matter what she wanted. She never got what she wanted anyway.

-End-

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A/N: Drabble response to a community at LiveJournal, as the majority of my TT fics...scratch that, all of my TT fics, are. It would seem that when I don't write about Speedy/Aqualad, I feel most comfortable writing about Jinx...three fav characters, I guess.

Disclaimer: Trust me, you wouldn't want me to have any rights to Teen Titans.